Portland Trail Blazers 2026-27 NBA Season Lookahead

Dan is joined by Mike Richman (@mikegrich) from Locked On Blazers to break down the 2026-27 Portland Trail Blazers! Subscribe to Locked On Blazers on YouTube. TIMESTAMPS⤵️

0:00 - INTRO
1:24 - Biggest 2025-26 takeaways
2:22 - The Micah Nori hire
5:27 - The Ja Morant trade and fit
10:53 - Ja and Dame
12:01 - Deni Avdija’s role with Ja and Dame
13:26 - Damian Lillard’s return and usage
18:01 - Scoot Henderson’s role and future
20:09 - Portland’s dynamic ball-handling
23:07 - Donovan Clingan’s continued development
26:32 - The secondary big man rotation
29:48 - Yang Hansen’s role and breakdown
31:38 - Toumani Camara, Jrue Holiday and the defense
37:04 - Impact of Shaedon Sharpe injury
38:46 - What is the Blazers’ identity?
40:25 - The Moda Center battle
45:45 - Deni Avdija’s future
48:02 - Biggest needs
51:59 - Scoot Henderson’s future
49:42 - Top-10 rotation
50:15 - Go-to crunch-time lineup
51:05 - Vit Krejci appreciation
51:45 - PREDICTIONS

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